diff --git a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/lakera_ai_v2.py b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/lakera_ai_v2.py
index 456a3697219..234cac7847a 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/lakera_ai_v2.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/guardrails/guardrail_hooks/lakera_ai_v2.py
@@ -222,8 +222,9 @@ def _unmaskable_reason(
 
 def _gemini_items(value: object) -> Sequence[object]:
     """A repeated Gemini field as a sequence: a JSON array, or the single object Google also accepts in its place."""
-    if isinstance(value, dict):
-        return (value,)
+    single: Final = as_str_mapping(value)
+    if single is not None:
+        return (single,)
     return _OBJECT_LIST.validate_python(value) if isinstance(value, list) else ()
 
 
diff --git a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
index cedc001b0eb..9127fb2bdca 100644
--- a/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
+++ b/litellm/proxy/pass_through_endpoints/pass_through_endpoints.py
@@ -947,9 +947,9 @@ class HttpPassThroughEndpointHelpers(BasePassthroughUtils):
 async def _inherit_auth_guardrails(
     parsed_body: dict[str, object] | None,  # mutable-ok: merges the guardrails into the live request body
     user_api_key_dict: UserAPIKeyAuth,
-    configured_guardrails: Mapping[str, bool] | None,
+    configured_guardrails: Sequence[object] | None,
     inherit: bool,
-) -> Mapping[str, bool] | Sequence[object] | None:
+) -> Sequence[object] | None:
     """Return the guardrails a pass-through request runs after the provider responds.
 
     The endpoint's configured guardrails win. Without any, and with ``inherit`` and a JSON body, the key, team,